Author: John Lawless

Grasstowne is scheduled for a visit with Dennis Jones tomorrow (4/16) on Goin’ Across The Mountain, airing Saturday on WNCW from Spindale, NC. The band has a show tomorrow night in nearby Black Mountain, so Alan Bibey and Steve Gulley have

Rob Ickes, Andy Leftwich and Dave Pomeroy are back with a second project from their acoustic trio, Three Ring Circle. All three of them are accomplished Nashville musicians. Ickes holds down the reso chair in Blue Highway, Leftwich play fiddle for

After touring of late as a four piece group, Audie Blaylock has announced the addition of Jason Wood from Statesville, NC on mandolin. In addition to being a talented young mandolinist and guitarist, Jason has the rare distinction of being

Grace Van't Hof, one of our past (and hopefully future) correspondents for Bluegrass Today, tells us that she has started pre-production work on a new solo project. She is a free-lance banjo picker and graphic artist in Boston who helped cover

Carol Beaugard tells us that she will welcome Dailey & Vincent to Friday's (4/15) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on WFDU. The duo, along with their crack band, will be in New England for a pair of

Grasstowne has put together a tongue-in-cheek video to promote their new Rural Rhythm CD, Kickin' Up Dust. It finds the guys in "fat cat" mode, waxing eloquent about the joys of rail travel from a converted passenger car at the Flagler

The International Bluegrass Music Association has a couple bits of news to announce this week, both with a focus on cold hard cash. They have an online sales seminar scheduled for April 19, designed to help anyone whose work in the

She's everywhere! Alison Krauss, that is. With yesterday's long-awaited release of Paper Airplane, her first full project with Union Station since Lonely Runs Both Ways in 2004, the music media is aflutter with Alison sightings. One place we were surprised to see

McCoury Music has released a new CD featuring bluegrass superstars the Del McCoury Band and New Orleans' jazz traditionalists, Preservation Hall Jazz Band. American Legacies puts these two legendary ensembles together for 12 tunes that blend bluegrass and New Orleans jazz,

The Farewell Drifters are looking at June 7 for the release of Echo Boom, their second album for Crash Avenue, and fourth overall. Their music has always been based on original songs written by the members, and this new project continues